Game device



Patented Mar. 20, 1928,

JACOB W. FIELD, OF 'PEOBI-A, ILLINOISJ I GAME DEVICE.

Application fired September 24, 1926, Serial No. 137,488. Renewed February 3, 192s.

'1 Another object is to provide a dice box of two parts hingedly connected to close upon one another, one of the parts having apocket or recess but little largerin diameter than 'thedie it'i's to receive the other part having f a registering pocket or recess of larger diameter than thefirst wherein the dismay be madefto readily c'hangeits position and then returned to *the'smaller pocket or recess for reading.

" Still another object is to provide a-dice "box oftwo hingedly related parts eachhaving'a pocket or recess in register with one another but of unequalfdiameter whereby to provide a shoulderor le'dge in the path of movement of the die to be'co'ntained in said recess to aidinthe change of position of said die as and when the box isinverte'd'inposition. r

In the appended drawing forming part hereof Figure l is a plan of the invention showing two hingedly connected parts shown in their separated positions.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the :45 same in the open or separated position as seen on line 22, Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of the device taken on the same line as Figure 2, the two parts being shown closed upon one an other or in the position for use.

The device consists of two parts, a lower one 1 and an upper one 2, the two being connected by a hinge member 3 so as to foldone upon the other as in Figure 3. While the said parts 1 and 2 may be of any preferred form of outline, each in this instance is cylindrical in shape with flattened ends and may be made of wood, bakelite, or other material, preferably light in weight, and havso ing faces 4 adapted to abut as shown in said Figure 3.

The lower part 1 is furnished with one or more pockets or recesses 5 below the face a each of which is sufliciently large to receive and hold a die and of a depth about equal to its diameter, this, however, being mere choice.

The upper part 2 is likewise provided with one or more pockets or recesses6 correspondpockets 5 so that when the said parts are closed upon one another said pockets or re cesses present the appearance shown in FigureB. That isto say,' since the pocketsha're greater in "diameter than th 'pocketse a "ledge 7 is exposed on the surface 4 of the part 1, this being indicated both in Figures 1 and 3.

Contrary to the' manner of use of the "ordinary open end 'dicebox whoseuse requires the dice to be strewn upona table to-p to be read, in'my devicethe dice'ar'e ret'ained b'y closing the parts upon one another an'd'i'nverting'it so that said dice "in falling from the smaller pockets 5 into the larger ones 6 are free to alter their positions within the latter and whenreturnedto said pockets 5 ma be read, ii'po'n opening the parts, the faces of the dice preferably l'y'ing substantially flush with the surface l of the lower part 5 where they may befe'asily read.

Notfonly ca'n' the dice alterth-eir positions by moving about within the larger pockets 6 but as they fall from said pockets back into the pockets 5 they will lodge momentarily upon the narrow ledges 7, see Figure 3, and compelled to change position and must always present a diflerent reading face to the player upon reaching said pocket 5. In lieu of spreading the dice by throwing them from an open box it is clear that it is only required in the use of my box that mere inversions of the box he made and the opening and closing of the parts thereof and without danger of loss of any of the dice.

While I have shown and described a preferred form of myinvention I may alter its form in any desired way or provide the equivalent of the construction shown without departing from the spirit of the invention while keeping within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A. box for the game of dice consisting of two bodies adapted to lie upon one another, one of the bodies having a series of shallow pockets exposed at the meeting place of the bodies, each of a diameter but slightly in excess of that of a die, the other of the bodies also having a series of pockets greater in diameter and of greater depth than the first named pockets and exposed to the latter and so disposed with respect to the same when the bodies overlie one" another as to expose an annular abutment on the first body at each of said firstnamed pockets.

2. A box for use in the game ofdice including two bodies adapted to abut upon one another, one of them having ascries of pockets each ofa depth and diameter slightly greater than the greatest diameter of a die, the same being exposed to the other of the. bodies, said other body alsohaving a series of larger pockets exposed to the first said pockets and disposed with respect to the latter as to expose on the first'named body an annular abutment at each first pocket with which the dice engage in 'pass ing from one body into the other.

3. A box for use in the game of dice in eluding two bodies adapted to abut upon one another, one of them having a series of pockets each of a depth and diameter slightly greater than the greatest diameter of a die, the same being. exposed to the other of the bodies, said other body also having a series of larger pockets exposed to the first said pockets and disposed with respect to the latter as to expose, on the first named body an annular abutment at each. first pocket with which the dice engage in passing from one body into the other, and means for holding thebodies in abutment. V

4. A box for use in the game of dice including two bodies adapted to abut upon one another, each having a series of pockets in its abutting side, the two series being exposed to one another, each pocket of one of the series being of a depth and diameter slightly greater than the greatest diameter of a die, each pocket of the other series being of a larger diameter than those of the first described series whereby to permit the dice therein to readily alter their positions, the axes of the pockets of the two series be- 7 ing in v alignment, there being an abutment between the two series ofpockets withwhich the dice are adapted to have contact in their passage from the larger to the smaller pockets.

5. In a device for the purpose described, a pair of parts each having a face adapted to lie one upon the other and eachhaving a pocketor recess therein opening upon the face thereof, the pockets or recesses adapted to register with one another, means included in the structure between the pocketsor recesses lying in the path of a die enclosed in the pockets or. recesses as it shifts from one to the other of the latter, and means to secure the parts in a given position. when abutting one on the other.

* 6. In adevice for the purpose described, a pair'of parts each having a face adapted to "lie one upon the other and each having a 

